Research Catalog

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Description

1. xiii, 312 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subject

1. Eiximenis, Francesc, approximately 1340-approximately 1409 > Influence
2. Catholic women > Iberian Peninsula > Conduct of life
3. Didactic literature > History and criticism
4. Women > History > Middle Ages, 500-1500
5. Iberian Peninsula > Court and courtiers > History > To 1500
6. Iberian Peninsula > Civilization

Contents

1. Introduction : Eiximenis, his patronesses, and female virtue in late medieval and early modern Iberia -- A return to piety : Eiximenis and the culture of the late medieval Catalan court (the Crown of Aragon, 1327-1409) -- Noble inspiration : Sanxa Ximenis d'Arenós and the Book of Women (Valencia, c. 1380-96) -- Fit for a queen : the Scala Dei, Franciscan queenship, and Maria de Luna (Barcelona, c. 1396-1410) -- Found in translation : Isabel the Catholic reads Eiximenis (Castile, c. 1490-1516) -- Eiximenis on the Atlantic : the Chariot of ladies and Catalina of Hapsburg (Portugal, c. 1525-78) -- Conclusion : feminine virtue, female agency, and the legacy of Eiximenis.

Call number

1. JFE 15-6716

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-301) and index.

Author

1. Silleras-Fernandez, Nuria, author.

Title

1. Chariots of ladies : Francesc Eiximenis and the court culture of medieval and early modern Iberia / Nuria Silleras-Fernandez.

Publisher

1. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015.

Copyright date

1. ©2015

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-301) and index.

LCCN

1. 2015011613

ISBN

1. 9780801453830 (cloth : alk. paper)
2. 0801453836 (cloth : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. JFE 15-6716